salinity

Data Object bottle salinity

contact PIs:

name	title
Dr Dennis McGillicuddy	Principal Investigator
Dr James R. Ledwell	Principal Investigator

Dataset description

 
 PI:              Dennis McGillicuddy
 of:              Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
 dataset:         Niskin bottle salinity measurements
 platform:        R/V Oceanus
 
 Methodology: none provided with data

 OCB DMO Note: use SID_salts to determine Niskin bottle numbers

Acquisition description

Processing description

Field Names List

Parameter	Description	Units
sta	station number	dimensionless
depth_n	depth, nominal	meters
SID_salts	sample ID	dimensionless
cond_bot	conductivity of bottle sample (ratio where 2.0 = 35 ppt)	dimensionless
sal_bot	salinity	PSU
Qflag	flag	dimensionless
box_num	box number	dimensionless
box_name	box name	dimensionless
Cruise_ID	cruise designation code	alphanumeric
event	unique sampling event number	YYYYMMDDhhmm
ev_type	event type abbreviation code CTD=Rosette cast Sampler=Sampling sled tow	dimensionless
cast	cast number for event	dimensionless
lon	longitude, negative denotes West	decimal degrees
lat	latitude, negative denotes South	decimal degrees
bot	Niskin bottle number	dimensionless
Nis	Niskin bottle order number	dimensionless
press	pressure, nominal for Sampler	decibars
temp	temperature; from CTD; ITS-90 (from primary T0 sensor)	degrees Celsius
sal_CTD	salinity; from CTD; PSS-78 (PSU) (from primary T0,C0 sensors)	dimensionless
salt_QF	quality flag for bottle salinity	dimensionless
Sdiff	salinity difference (CTD-bottle)	dimensionless

Platforms List

R/V Oceanus OC404-1

R/V Oceanus OC404-4

R/V Oceanus OC415-2

R/V Oceanus OC415-4

Instruments List

Niskin:

This document is created from the content of the BCO-DMO metadata database. 2009-11-22 10:08:48

info app: /home/ocb/dbase v.090827 CLC
Data URL: http://ocb.whoi.edu/jg/serv/OCB/EDDIES/OC404_S1/salinity.